Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - Tajikistan (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee refers to the request for technical assistance submitted by the Government in 2005, its 2005 general observation concerning the submission of the Government of reports on ratified Conventions, and the Decent Work Country Programme adopted for 2007–09 which included as an objective “Promotion and better implementation of standards, fundamental principles and rights in the sphere of labour in the Republic of Tajikistan”. The Committee also notes the brief report submitted by the Government in 2009, which refers to national legislation, including the Law on radiation safety (No. 42) adopted on 1 July 2003, and the new radiation safety standards (HБP-06). Against this background, the Committee hopes that appropriate technical assistance will be provided to the Government to enable it to submit a detailed report on the application of the present Convention, including copies of the Law on radiation safety and the new radiation safety standards, so that the Committee can evaluate the application of the Convention in the country.

The Committee also reminds the Government that measures must be taken, in particular to give effect to the following Articles of the Convention: Articles 3(1) and 6(2) (appropriate steps to ensure effective protection of workers against ionizing radiations and to keep under constant review in the light of current knowledge the maximum permissible doses of ionizing radiations); Article 5 (reduction of exposure of workers to the lowest practicable level); Article 6 (fixing and constant review of the maximum permissible doses and amounts of ionizing radiations); Article 7 (fixing of appropriate levels for workers who are aged 18 and over and for those under the age of 18 who are directly engaged in work involving ionizing radiations; prohibition for any worker under the age of 16 to be engaged in work involving ionizing radiations); Article 8 (fixing of appropriate levels for workers who may be exposed temporarily to ionizing radiations); Article 9 (information and instruction of workers exposed); Article 10 (notification of work involving exposure to ionizing radiations); Article 11 (appropriate monitoring in regard to exposure levels); Article 12 (appropriate medical examination prior to or shortly after taking up work involving exposure to radiations and subsequent further medical examinations at appropriate intervals); Article 13 (measures to be taken urgently in certain circumstances to be specified because of the nature or degree of the exposure); Article 14 (transfer to other appropriate work for a worker who could be subject to exposure to ionizing radiations contrary to qualified medical advice); and Article 15 (provision of appropriate inspection services engaged to supervise the application of the provisions which will be adopted with a view to giving effect to the Convention). The Committee asks the Government to provide information on measures taken or envisaged to give effect to the abovementioned Articles of the Convention.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2011.]